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Green design & eco innovation for a better worldSun, 02 Aug 2015 22:29:25 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2Burj Khalifa architects selected to design the world’s tallest commercial towerhttp://inhabitat.com/burj-khalifa-architects-selected-to-design-burj-2020-the-worlds-tallest-commercial-tower/
http://inhabitat.com/burj-khalifa-architects-selected-to-design-burj-2020-the-worlds-tallest-commercial-tower/#commentsFri, 19 Jun 2015 21:18:52 +0000http://inhabitat.com/?p=752531Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG) have been named by the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) as the firm that will design the Burj 2020, which is set to surpass New York's One World Trade Center as the world's tallest commercial The be]]>

Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG) were just selected by the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) to design the Burj 2020. The new tower is set to surpass New York’s One World Trade Center as the world’s tallest commercial building. The Burj 2020 will be a “world-class destination” that “will set new levels of efficiency and urban sustainability,” according to a statement by the DMCC.

With projects like the Burj Khalifa under his belt, architect Adrian Smith has become synonymous with supertall skyscrapers – so it’s no surprise that his firm, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill, is the creative force behind Imperial Tower, a 116-story tower that’s proposed for Mumbai. The only problem with building such a tall tower in Mumbai is dealing with the wind, but AS+GG have come up with a solution for that. The firm claims that the skinny tower is aerodynamically shaped to “confuse the wind.” Strange as that may sound, the tower will also feature several sky gardens that the firm says will further help to break up wind currents around the building.

]]>http://inhabitat.com/adrian-smith-gordon-gills-imperial-tower-could-be-mumbais-tallest-and-greenest-skyscraper/feed/0Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Will Design Tallest Building in the World, Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabiahttp://inhabitat.com/adrian-smith-gordon-gill-announces-it-will-design-the-mile-high-kingdom-tower-in-dubai/
http://inhabitat.com/adrian-smith-gordon-gill-announces-it-will-design-the-mile-high-kingdom-tower-in-dubai/#commentsTue, 02 Aug 2011 23:28:12 +0000http://inhabitat.com/?p=283626Almost a year after its opening in 2010, only 75 of Burj Khalifa’s 900 luxury apartments were occupied. But this hasn’t deterred Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal from signing a contract to build the new Kingdom Tower in the city of Jeddah on]]>

]]>http://inhabitat.com/adrian-smith-gordon-gill-announces-it-will-design-the-mile-high-kingdom-tower-in-dubai/feed/10AS+GG’s Aerodynamic Wuhan Greenland Center to be World’s 4th Tallest Buildinghttp://inhabitat.com/asggs-aerodynamic-wuhan-greenland-center-to-be-worlds-4th-tallest-building/
http://inhabitat.com/asggs-aerodynamic-wuhan-greenland-center-to-be-worlds-4th-tallest-building/#commentsTue, 21 Jun 2011 21:49:24 +0000http://inhabitat.com/?p=267071Clocking in at 119-levels, the Wuhan Greenland Center will have about 3,230,000 sq ft of floor space and include about 2,153,000 sq ft of offices, 538,200 sq ft of luxury apartments and condominiums, a five-star hotel, and a 90-foot-tall private club with]]>

]]>http://inhabitat.com/asggs-aerodynamic-wuhan-greenland-center-to-be-worlds-4th-tallest-building/feed/0Insane Mile High ‘Kingdom Tower’ Given Green Light by Saudi Arabiahttp://inhabitat.com/insane-mile-high-kingdom-tower-given-green-light-by-saudi-arabia/
http://inhabitat.com/insane-mile-high-kingdom-tower-given-green-light-by-saudi-arabia/#commentsThu, 07 Apr 2011 23:11:02 +0000http://inhabitat.com/?p=236077We're all in favor of urban density, but why do we need a skyscraper that's a mile high? Saudi Arabia-based Kingdom Holding Company, headed by Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal, has given the green light to build a 1 mile high tower in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah.]]>

We’re all in favor of urban density, but why do we need a skyscraper that’s a mile high? Saudi Arabia-based Kingdom Holding Company, headed by Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal, has given the green light to build a 1 mile high tower in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah. Designed by Adrian Smith of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, the “Kingdom Tower” will be twice as tall as the Burj Khalifa, include 12 million cubic feet of space and it will take 12 minutes for a regular elevator to reach the top! We’re flabbergasted.

Renowned architecture firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill (AS+GG) recently completed the investigation phase of a massive plan to “decarbonize” Chicago’s Loop. The firm’s goal was to assess variables such as the age, use, condition, and energy consumption of the 500 buildings in this central core area of the city. Carried out in cooperation with the Chicago Climate Action Plan, the monumental project calls for a retrofit of half the city’s commercial and residential buildings to result in a 30% reduction in energy use by 2020. AS+GG took on this tall order with very well thought-out, research based, holistic ideas that beg to be implemented.

The Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill architectural firm has been busy stirring up the world’s skyline with a slew of lean, green superstructures that push the energy-neutral envelope. AS+GG recently unveiled plans for their latest oeuvre: a Clean Technology Tower in Chicago that takes a multi-generative approach to producing its own energy. Harnessing an atrium of wind turbines beneath a roof-top solar shell, the building “utilizes advanced technologies and climate-appropriate building systems to foster a symbiotic relationship with its local environment.”